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New Mexico considers cannabis subsidies, crime expungement

SANTA FE – A Democrat-backed bill to legalize recreational marijuana businesses in all towns and counties across New Mexico is getting its first public vetting by lawmakers. A leg...

DATE: Jan 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Sheriff in New Mexico to create intelligence division

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – An intelligence division in Las Cruces is expected to consolidate information from federal databases to pursue criminal trends in the county, a county sheriff in New Mexic...

DATE: Jan 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico seeks new tools to intervene in opioid addiction

SANTA FE – New Mexico is considering new funding for research into treating addiction with injectable opioids to help address long-term dependency on heroin and other opioids. A b...

DATE: Jan 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Governor: New Mexico needs realistic, sustainable water plan

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has long talked about the importance of water to the arid state, even campaigning on the idea of creating a 50-year plan to guide managem...

DATE: Jan 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico may extend tax credit to non-citizens

SANTA FE â€“ Activists for immigrant communities are pushing for legislation that allows New Mexico residents without Social Security numbers to qualify for state tax credits aimed at workin...

DATE: Jan 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico confronts backlog of wage-theft complaints

SANTA FE – New Mexico is struggling to clear a backlog of about 1,900 complaints of wage theft linked to enforcement of the state’s minimum wage law. Workforce Solutions Secretary...

DATE: Jan 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Western New Mexico county developing DWI drug court

GALLUP, N.M. – A western New Mexico county is developing a new court aimed at helping people convicted of drunken driving and drug offenses, officials announced. McKinley County M...

DATE: Jan 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation purchases land that includes gravel pit

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation has purchased 1,250 acres of land that includes a gravel pit the tribe plans to use to obtain sand and gravel for roadwork and other projects. ...

DATE: Jan 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Elections loom over Democrats on guns, marijuana, pensions

SANTA FE – Legislative elections and ideological divisions among Democrats are looming over major initiatives backed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham – from new gun restrictions to recreationa...

DATE: Jan 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man makes plea deal in connection with kidnapping, slaying

ALBUQUERQUE – A 33-year-old man pleaded guilty to kidnapping and conspiracy to kidnap in a case that involved the death of a man and the kidnapping of his friend, the Chase Smothermon’s gui...

DATE: Jan 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico State University suspends fraternity over hazing

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – New Mexico State University suspended a fraternity for five years after a student was shot in the leg during an initiation event, officials said. The Kappa Sigm...

DATE: Jan 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Access road to top of extinct volcano reopens in New Mexico

CAPULIN, N.M. â€“ The only road to the top of an extinct volcano in northeastern New Mexico has reopened after being closed for five months. Capulin Volcano National Monument offi...

DATE: Jan 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News